CyanogenMod 7 Gingerbread Now on Galaxy Tab

February - 6 - 2011 - Sunday ADD COMMENTS
The day has come, after so much waiting. Oh you didn’t expect this day to ever come? Perhaps you expected the Samsung Galaxy Tab to remain in Android 2.2 mode forever? How would you like to turn on some Android 2.3.2 Gingerbread lights in your lovely little Tab? Lucky you, Technomancer of XDA Forums has posted a path to CyanogenMod 7 for Galaxy Tab bringing you all the tasty Gingerbread your heart could desire.



Most of the basic functions appear to be working on this build, and the developer(s) working on this project are making pretty frequent updates. Any help in continuing to develop this hack is appreciated, so says Technomancer. If you plan on attempting to make this version of CyanogenMod work on your Galaxy Tab, you do so at your own risk, and any bricking, blasting, or melting will be attributed to you alone. That said, head over to the XDA thread for this mod and have some fun!

[Via XDA Developers Forum]

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LG Weather Widget from Optimus 2X Extracted, Available for Download

January - 31 - 2011 - Monday ADD COMMENTS

The weather widget in the new LG Optimus 2X is pretty slick. It has gotten a lot of attention, but sadly was tied specifically into that one phone, and LG never made it available for public consumption. However, XDA-Developers member Sony_Ericsson_X10 has found a way to pull the correct .apk file out of the Optimus 2X system dump files to make it work on any Android phone. The only caveat, as he mentions, is that default behavior is to take up the entire homescreen, so it’ll take a custom launcher like LauncherPro to resize the widget to take up only half — as seen in the picture above. If you’re looking for a new (pretty!) weather widget, head over to XDA and give it a try. Let us know your thoughts!

[via XDA]

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Android 2.3 Gingerbread Security Flaw Reveals MicroSD Contents To Attackers

January - 31 - 2011 - Monday 4 COMMENTS

froyo gingerbread Android 2.3 Gingerbread security flaw reveals microSD contents to attackers

Xuxian Jiang, a computer security researcher at the North Carolina State University, has identified a security flaw in Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The vulnerability provides access to the microSD card and applications directory on Android 2.3 handsets By clicking on a link, malicious code on a website could access the data on a microSD card including voicemail, photos, and other saved data. Once scanned, these files can be uploaded to a remote server. In a similar manner, the vulnerability also lets attackers scan and upload the installed and built-in applications on a handset. The vulnerability was discovered as part of a research project and was confirmed using a Nexus S running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

[Via North Carolina State, Engadget, eWeek]


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Android Honeycomb ‘preview version’ ported to Nook Color

January - 30 - 2011 - Sunday 2 COMMENTS





The Nook Color gets the Honeycomb hack.

(Credit: Engadget)

Google has an event slated for February 2 to show off its Android 3.0 operating system for tablets, code-named Honeycomb. Well, in advance of that preview an industrious Android enthusiast, who goes by the handle deeper-blue on the xdadevelopers’ forum, has hacked the Nook Color to run a preview version of Honeycomb and has posted a video on YouTube.

Via Engadget





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Adam gets Android Market as Notion Ink slate rooted

January - 29 - 2011 - Saturday 3 COMMENTS



There comes a time in every Android device’s life when it gets rooted and comes of age; it’s now the turn of Notion Ink‘s Adam. Production versions have only been with buyers for a few days, but already the NotionInkHacks team has rooted the Tegra 2 slate, come up with a custom ROM and added in Android Market access, among other things.

There’s also the keyboard from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, along with a tweak to the screen buffer rate which promises to make it smoother. A new home switcher and Live Wallpaper support have been enabled, and the official YouTube app loaded. In return you have to give up support for OTA official updates, but the offline versions should work instead.

[via Android Community]



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HTC Thunderbolt ROM Boots on EVO 4G

January - 13 - 2011 - Thursday ADD COMMENTS

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XDA-Developers member “Caulkin” has been working hard on getting the HTC Thunderbolt ROM to boot up on the HTC EVO 4G, and now we’re happy to pass on that it works. Caulkin does state that there are a few bugs and issues to work out still in the near future, and no doubt they’ll get worked out. If you happen to use this ROM on your EVO 4G, and notice an issue, let Caulkin know here.




HTC Thunderbolt ROM Boots on EVO 4G

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How to Install Android on VirtualBox with Pre Installed VDI Disk

January - 12 - 2011 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS

“Android”, the hot word we hear in recent tech world. Its a mobile OS which can be run on normal pc also with desktop virtualization. This post shows simple steps to install android on VirtualBox with pre installed VDI disk.

There for this method will avoid extra time on downloading two ISO files, combine them and install. Just download and import in to VirtualBox and start using.

I’m showing this on VB 3.2.6 with Intel Core2duo Windows 7 32Bit OS.

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How to Enable Multitouch on The Google Nexus One

January - 23 - 2010 - Saturday ADD COMMENTS

Developer Cyanogen has modified Google’s Android 2.1 mobile operating system to endow Google’s Nexus One smartphone with multitouch, which lets users navigate the device with more than one finger at once. The absence of this function has been a the source of great consternation for some users, and many speculate the reasons are legal in nature. Some believe Apple has locked down multitouch patents and guards them. Erick Tseng, product manager of Android at Google, attempted to clarify Google’s position when in an interview with Engadget.

A developer has modified Google’s Android 2.1 mobile operating system to endow Google’s Nexus One smartphone with multitouch, which lets users navigate the device with more than one finger at once.



[via eWeek]


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HowTo Update CyanogenMod from 4.1.99 to 4.1.999

October - 7 - 2009 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS

This brief tutorial will guide you through upgrading CyanogenMod 4.1.99 to 4.1.999 on your Android G1 phone.

Fortunately, the process to go from 4.1.99 to 4.1.999 is much, much easier than updating to 4.1.99 itself. For a full list of all the changes in v4.1.999 see the changelog. One of the bigger changes is that bluetooth is now 100% working. Please note: the steps outlined in this tutorial require that your G1 is currently running 4.1.99. You cannot use the method outlined below to go from any version other than 4.1.99 to 4.1.999. If you need help installing 4.1.99, please see this tutorial.


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How to Install CyanogenMod 4.1.99 on your G1 Android Phone

October - 7 - 2009 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS

This tutorial will take you every step of the way through installing CyanogenMod 4.1.99 on your G1 phone – the first “legal” version of CyanogenMod (after Google sent cyanogen a cease and desist).

The steps outlined in this tutorial were gathered from the official announcement of 4.1.99 on the xda-developers forum. For more information on 4.1.99, see this thread.

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